Combined hose and sprinkler



Feb. 16, 1937. J LEPPER 2,070,665

COMBINED HOSE AND SPRINKLER Filed July 27, 1936 /3 M I f 77 INVENTOR.

BY mm.

Patented Feb. 16, 1937 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 3 Claims.

It is often diiiicult to efllciently set hose sprinklers along a long narrow stretch of lawn. This invention relates to a sprinkling device which in reality is a part of the hose so that it can be set 5 along a long narrow section of lawn. The principal object of the invention is to provide a flexible hose section with spaced-apart sprinkling heads and to so construct the hose section that it will always maintain the sprinkler heads in their 10 proper vertical position.

Another object of the invention is to form the section so that the supporting base and the sprinklers will be an integral part of the hose itself so that it may-be furnished and used as a complete 15 unit and rolled and stored with the hose, and so that it may be flexed to cover an area of any desired shape.

Other objects and advantages reside in the detail construction of the invention, which is de- 20 signed for simplicity, economy, and emciency.

These will become more apparent from the following description.

In the following detailed description of theinvention reference is had to the accompanying 5 drawing which forms a part hereof. Like numerals refer to like parts in all views of the drawing and throughout the description.

In the drawing:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view illustrating a sec- 30 tion of the complete sprinkling hose.

Fig. 2 is a cross section therethrough, taken on the line 2-4, Fig. 1.

Figs. 3 and 4 are similar cross sections taken on the line 3-3, Fig. 1.

The invention comprisesa relatively long flex I ible rubber section of hose preferably furnished in ten foot lengths. The section consists of a tubular portion l preferably surrounded by suitable reinforcing fabric II. The tubular portion I0 is 40 preferably molded as an integral part of a flexible, flat bottomed base portion II.

The base portion I2 projects on both sides of the tubular portion It, to form a-relatively wide flat supporting base for the tubular portion.

45 In manufacturing the device, the tubular section it is preformed of raw rubber with the fabric ll imbedded therein. It is then placed against a raw rubber strip to form the base Ill and the entire assembly is enclosed with a forming die.

50 An internal tube is positioned within the tubular section It, as is usual in garden hose manufacture. Theentire unit is then cured to form an integral hose section.

At spaced apart positions along the section,

55 metallic threaded nipples I! are imbedded. One

extremity of the strip is provided with a female hose coupling l4, and the other extremity terminatesin a male coupling I.

The metallic nipples II are designed to receive 50 either a perforated sprinkling head I, as shown in Fig. 3, or a threaded plug I I, as shown in Fig. 4. The user can intersperse the plugs and sprinkling heads [6 and I1 along the strip. to obtain the desired water distribution.

The strip may be employed as an intermediate section in a long hose by connecting a continuing hose to the male coupling l5, or it may be employed as the terminal of a hose in which case the male coupling I! is closed by means of a suitable cap I8. 10

It can be readily seen that the invention will provide a longitudinally extending sprinkling member upon which any desired number of sprinkling heads can be positioned- It is flexible so that it may be rolled with the hose, and so that it may be'turned or bent in use to cover irregular areas.

While the preferred method of manufacture has been described, it is possible that the article can be made by forming the base section of a' continuous single member having a longitudinally extending channel in its upper face. The tubular section It can be a separate tube or hose which is laid into this channel and cemented therein. The final result in either case is the unitary article illustrated in Fig. 1.

While a specific form of the improvement has 3 been described and illustrated herein, it is desired to be understood that the same may be varied, within the scope of the appended claims, 80

without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed and desired secured byLetters Patent is:-

1. A sprinkling hosecomprising: a tubular hose section; nipples inset in the upper portion of said hose at spaced apart intervals; sprinkling heads threaded into'said nipples; a relatively wide flat base extending throughout the length of said section to maintain said nipples in a vertical posi- 40 tion, said base extending outwardly along both sides of said hose and formed as an integral part of said hose.

2. A sprinkling hose section comprising: a relatively long rubber tube; spaced apart sprinklers along the upper portion of said tube; and a relatively wide, flat bottom base of rubber formed integrally with said rubber tube and extendin throughout its length to support said sprinklers in a vertical position.

3. A sprinkling hose section comprising: a relatively long' rubber tube; spaced apart sprinklers along the upper portion of said tube; a relatively wide, flat bottom base of rubber formed integrally with said rubber tube and extending throughout its length to support said sprinklers in a vertical position; means for coupling a hose to one extremity of said tube; andmeans for closing the other extremity of said tube. :-%1 f' RJOBIRT J. 

